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Some other guy before was probably right when he said a lot of this weirder food was made up in lieu of anything else to eat. Paraphrasing from a book I don't remember, no one would eat a shark's fin unless someone was pinching the rest of the shark.

Lots of animals live off eggs. I'd say egg-eating predates most other forms of human food sources - much, much older than agriculture and (probably) even forms of game hunting. As in, australopithecine sees a bird nest, chows down.

Of course, they were foraging those eggs instead of raising them, but it doesn't take a huge logical leap from "Bird lays these things we can eat" to "let's capture a bird, keep it in one place and eat everything it lays".

Lots of animals live off eggs. I'd say egg-eating predates most other forms of human food sources - much, much older than agriculture and (probably) even forms of game hunting. As in, australopithecine sees a bird nest, chows down.

Of course, they were foraging those eggs instead of raising them, but it doesn't take a huge logical leap from "Bird lays these things we can eat" to "let's capture a bird, keep it in one place and eat everything it lays".

My mom grew up on a chicken farm. One of the things she told me about her childhood was the snakes in the henhouse. See, different snakes would get into the henhouse, poisonous and non poisonous varieties, and they wouldn't eat the chickens. They would get nice and comfy, coiled up under the nests and wait for the hens to lay eggs. Then the snakes would feast on the eggs. I always thought it was interesting that even though a chicken would offer a larger, more immediate meal, that the snakes knew to wait. That as long as they left the hens alone they would be able to eat the eggs at their leisure. Well, until my mom would discover them, and chop them up with a shovel. Something tells me that a lot of snakes got away with it, and my Mom believed this was the case too.

Don't know what that really has to do with anything. I guess I think snakes are neat? I like eggs too? Hmmm...

Some other guy before was probably right when he said a lot of this weirder food was made up in lieu of anything else to eat. Paraphrasing from a book I don't remember, no one would eat a shark's fin unless someone was pinching the rest of the shark.

But these days they just cut the fins off and dump the rest of the shark into the ocean.
It seems like just about all chinese dishes are the "someone already took the good stuff" variety. They're eating duck tongues and chicken feet, don't they ever think about what happened to the rest of the bird?

I only discovered relatively recently that the particular smell I associate with Chinese supermarkets is actually durian. I always though it was the dried fish or something.

Really? Typically durian (in toronto at least) comes in its spiky, frozen, unpeeled form so the smell is really not there. I hate durian, my mom loves it and occasionally peels one and freezes the chunks for later consumption. Smell and taste is yucky.

It's basically a big ball of practical joke. Kinda like people who put shrimp in the curtain rods or walls... it's something for the next tenant or the ex to discover.

Some other guy before was probably right when he said a lot of this weirder food was made up in lieu of anything else to eat. Paraphrasing from a book I don't remember, no one would eat a shark's fin unless someone was pinching the rest of the shark.

A chicken might also be capable of kicking a barn snake's ass if it was so inclined, although I've never witnessed it firsthand.

My mom also had chickens as a kid and she's terrified of the damn things. A pissed-off chicken can fuck you up.

Drake is right, though, in recognizing how many animals like to go after eggs. Eggs are extremely nutritious and are one of the few good food sources for carnivores that don't fight back. It's like walking through the woods and finding a huge backpack full of energy bars and protein shakes just sitting there.

With the caveat, of course, that there might be a pissed-off mama bird somewhere in the immediate vicinity.

I just discovered Breeze In, a local bakery/deli, open 24/7, also has a soft serve ice cream machine that pours out vanilla icecream with flavoring syrup in 4 ribbons along the side. Apparently, you can mix whatever flavors you like. A large waffle cone with Butter Pecan/Rootbear icecream cured all the sads on my sunday night.

I just sliced some turkey bacon into slices, I nuked some frozen hashbrowns for a minute to get them soft, after the turkey bacon had started to brown, I cracked two eggs on top with the heat low.

I dumped the hash browns on the eggs and bacon and mixed them up. After seeing the eggs brown a little, I dumped them into a bowl with some ketchup and A-1 (salt and spices and cold to cool it off). It was delicious but I wish I had cooked more.

I'd try the fried grasshoppers; they're sort of like tiny, flying cows. I would avoid the mealworms, though. Having raised those things to feed other animals in the past, I'm not too impressed with their hygiene. Salmon is pretty much delicious in anything, too, and I might be persuaded to eat a "reindeer hot dog".

The rest of that stuff sounds awful, and I really do not understand the bacon obsession some people seem to go through.

I'd try the fried grasshoppers; they're sort of like tiny, flying cows. I would avoid the mealworms, though. Having raised those things to feed other animals in the past, I'm not too impressed with their hygiene. Salmon is pretty much delicious in anything, too, and I might be persuaded to eat a "reindeer hot dog".

The rest of that stuff sounds awful, and I really do not understand the bacon obsession some people seem to go through.

bacon is the food of the gods. Though deep fried mit gravy??? sounds like it'll cause... death.

Sorry... there's nothing wrong with deer sausage, chocolate covered peppers, frog legs, or corn fritters. Then again, I'm from Texas and I grew up on three of the four (everything but the chocolate covered peppers).

For the peppers, if you want a proof of concept, go to a store and get one of these.